"Calm down! King of Jiangnan, calm down!"
Duan Hong hurriedly spoke up, stopping Jiang Chuan.
"Actually, the fiscal budgets proposed by the provincial governors and city lords are partly meant for bargaining. And you know that during an economic crisis, promoting massive infrastructure construction is a common measure. Both the United States and we have used it more than once. Building a major new project requires enormous labor and vast quantities of materials. During that process, the nation's wealth will certainly flow away, but in truth, it flows into the hands of the people. The people will also purchase all kinds of goods, stimulating consumption, while the nation gathers large sums of money through taxes. This creates a stable economic cycle."
"Did you write a similar budget too?"
"..."
Jiang Chuan felt that Duan Hong was completely making excuses for those people.
Could King of Jiangnan possibly not understand using massive infrastructure construction to stimulate the economy?
But that was precisely the problem.
What came after the infrastructure construction had stimulated the economy?
Whether it was a construction project or some other undertaking, neither could go on forever.
After a brief prosperity, would there not come a wave of unemployment?
And once the unemployment wave arrived, would an economic crisis not follow?
In the end, if the people did not benefit from it, who would?
The answer was obvious!
"King of Jiangnan, even if you dislike them, you can't handle this like that."
Duan Hong continued persuading him. "For society, stability is still the most important thing. By now, the governors of every province and the lords of every city have most likely brought in some investors. If you rashly kill them all, those investors will certainly become terrified and uneasy. They might even flee outright. Projects currently underway would